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New Allopathic Medical Schools Train Fewer Family Physicians Than Older Ones
Brian Beachler, Yalda Jabbarpour, Douglas B. Kamerow, Elizabeth Wilkinson, Zachary Levin and Andrew Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine September 2019, 32 (5) 653-654; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.05.190105
Brian Beachler
From the Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE (BB); Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (YJ, DBK, EW); University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN; American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AB).
MDYalda Jabbarpour
From the Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE (BB); Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (YJ, DBK, EW); University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN; American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AB).
MDDouglas B. Kamerow
From the Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE (BB); Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (YJ, DBK, EW); University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN; American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AB).
MD, MPHElizabeth Wilkinson
From the Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE (BB); Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (YJ, DBK, EW); University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN; American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AB).
BAZachary Levin
From the Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE (BB); Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (YJ, DBK, EW); University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN; American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AB).
BAAndrew Bazemore
From the Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE (BB); Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (YJ, DBK, EW); University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN; American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AB).
MD, MPHAbstract
The first significant expansion of allopathic medical schools since the 1970s was anticipated to produce more physicians capable of addressing the nation's current and projected primary care shortages. However, our analysis of the early outputs of new allopathic medical schools suggests that these students were nearly 40% less likely to specialize in family medicine than existing schools.
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The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine
Vol. 32, Issue 5
September-October 2019
New Allopathic Medical Schools Train Fewer Family Physicians Than Older Ones
Brian Beachler, Yalda Jabbarpour, Douglas B. Kamerow, Elizabeth Wilkinson, Zachary Levin, Andrew Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Sep 2019, 32 (5) 653-654; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2019.05.190105
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